darbas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *darbas, from Proto-Indo-European *der-, *dar- (“to tear, to split”).
Cognate with Latvian darbs. According to Brückner, this term is also related to Polish drabina (“ladder”).[1] See also dìrbti.
Noun
dárbas m (plural darbaĩ) stress pattern 3
- work, job[2]
- 1566-1570, Martynas Mažvydas, Gesmes Chriksczoniskas:
- 1566-1570, Martynas Mažvydas, Gesmes Chriksczoniskas:
Declension
Declension of dárbas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dárbas | darbaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dárbo | darbų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dárbui | darbáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dárbą | dárbus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dárbu | darbaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | darbè | darbuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dárbe | darbaĩ |
Derived terms
nouns derived from darbas
- bedarbis m / bedarbė f
- darbadienis m
- darbymetis m
- darbininkas m / darbininkė f
(verb):
(adjectives):
- darbingas
- darbštus
See also
- triūsas, verslas
References
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “drab”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 94
- “darbas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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